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57 Articles found on Friday, 23 December 2011
Grape growers lose out over unpaid loan
23-12-2011
GRAPES cultivated on 10 Aussenkehr plots under the Orange River Irrigation Project have been attached by order of the High Court as security on an Agribank loan of more than N$1,2 million. Agribank
readBird’s eye view
23-12-2011
During a routine flight by Nacoma coordinator Rod Braby along the coast between Swakopmund and Sandwich Harbour on Wednesday to monitor activity in the area of the Dorob National Park, The Namibian
readHappy Holidays!
23-12-2011
THE Editor and staff of The Namibian wish all our readers, advertisers and supporters a safe and peaceful time over the festive season. We urge those Namibians who are travelling over this period to
readAnother N$800m for war veterans
23-12-2011
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs will today pay out approximately N$800 million to 16 000 former freedom fighters in individual lump-sum payments of N$50 000 each.Veterans Affairs’ Permanent
readGovt to pay N$800m more for Neckartal
23-12-2011
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has pushed Government into hiring a company with a chequered past to build a dam at a cost of N$2,8 billion – N$800 million more than another bidder
readBusiness confidence extends winning streak
23-12-2011
The IJG Business Climate Index climbed by one basis point to reach 121,9 in November, extending its winning streak to six consecutive months.“Only the Consumption Index failed to join the forward
readBaghdad blasts kill 57 as Iraq tensions rise
23-12-2011
BAGHDAD – A rash of bombings hit Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 57 people in the first big attack on Iraq’s capital since a crisis between its Shi’ite Muslim-led government and Sunni rivals
readZuma draws flak for Christianity comments
23-12-2011
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma was at the centre of a row on Wednesday over his comments that Christianity had brought in orphans and retirement homes.South Africa’s Times newspaper on Wednesday
readANC Limpopo branch to push for nationalisation
23-12-2011
JOHANNESBURG – A provincial branch of South Africa’s ruling party ANC adopted controversial plans for the expropriation of land without compensation and the nationalisation of mines, reports said on
readTshisekedi set for own ‘swearing-in’
23-12-2011
KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi issued thousands of leaflets on Wednesday calling on people to attend his own ‘swearing-in’ ceremony taking place three
readDrop your mask, be authentic
23-12-2011
BOSTON – Managers often feel afraid to let their personalities show, and instead present a false image based on how they think a leader should act, says Harvard Business Review.Are you hiding from
readFrench investigating UraMin spying allegations
23-12-2011
A FRENCH newspaper has reported that French prosecutors are examining allegations of spying by private investigators who examined the business affairs of former Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon and her
readUS$32 billion missing fromAngola’s state coffers
23-12-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Angola’s government must account for a staggering US$32 billion missing from state coffers in a country where most suffer immense poverty despite the nation’s massive oil wealth, Human
readSpanish village cashes in, bringing back peseta
23-12-2011
SALVATERRA DE MINO, Spain – One cup of coffee: 166 pesetas. One bottle of perfume: 5 000 pesetas. One hairdryer: 9 800 pesetas.Amid talk of the euro’s demise, shopkeepers have their calculators in
readTrade 2011: The year Bric became Brics and Wal-Mart ruffled feathers
23-12-2011
VARIOUS multilateral, regional and domestic trade and trade-related developments have taken place during 2011: the Arab Spring highlights issues pertaining to poor governance; the Kyoto Protocol was
readChristmas Nostalgia
23-12-2011
IT IS Christmas time again, a season for sharing and worshipping the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. For some, all roads have begun to lead to the villages and for others to various holiday
readCommanders Must Be Transferred
23-12-2011
WE welcome the transfer of police commissioners and other senior commanders in the Namibian Police but more has to be done. What is surprising to the National Democratic Party is a concern about other
readCreditworthy For Job?
23-12-2011
I HAVE been plagued for several years with a certain peculiar policy currently still practiced in this country by some if not all private companies.This policy clearly states that when individuals
readDeath To Drug Couriers
23-12-2011
WHY are people so upset about the execution of a South African woman in China for drug smuggling? Drugs destroy millions of lives every year. The same people shouting about ‘human rights’ would sing a
readNo To Selling Babies!
23-12-2011
I WOULD like to thank the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, in particular Rosa Nikanor, for publicly raising objections to advertising private adoption or selling babies (The Namibian of
readClimb On A Pioneer’s Shoulders
23-12-2011
THERE was an attempt to distort my argument on why Professor Gunter Heimbeck should be appointed a Professor Emeritus (‘Is the Math Professor top class?’ The Namibian’s Readers’ Letters 9 December
readAccidents Caused By Slow Drivers?
23-12-2011
I CAME back from the north the other day and again realised that in my opinion the slow drivers are the major cause for overtaking, which leads to leaving the lane and going over into the oncoming
readOyendji mOmusati kaye na omeya gayela
23-12-2011
AAKALIMO omayovi mOshitopolwa sha Musati, omasiku ngaka oya kala taya nu omeya inaga yela, sho Oshikondo shOmeya sha pata oompomba dhasho omolwaakalimo aniwa inaya futa omafutilo gelongitho lyomeyas
readOmuti omunashiponga onkee ta gu landithwa
23-12-2011
Konima yomwedhi gumwe sho o Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) yali ya ti otayi ka thiminikila eindiko lyomuti guuwehame, Synap Forte, gwa South Africa, omuti nguka onkee tagu tsikile noku
readYaheyali yasi moondjila pehulilo shiwike sha zi ko
23-12-2011
Aantu ya adha pu yaheyali (7) oyali ya mana oondjenda moondjila dha Namibia pehulilo shiwike sha zi ko.Omuntu gumwe, oshilyo sho Namibian Defence Force (NDF) okwali a fadhukapo poshiponga oshinene
readKombila ya Amutenya Tshimweetheleni nomukulukadhi gwe kwa tulwa omamanya
23-12-2011
KOMBILA yOmunangeshefa a tseyika nawa Martinus Amutenya Tshimweetheleni noshowo kwaandjoka yomukulukadhi gwe ememe Sussana Namutenya Amadhila noku yomonamati Julius Nambondi Tshimweetheleni
readShailemo ta ti dha popiwa kAanafaalama ya Mangetti, odha nakalindi
23-12-2011
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti tate Ismael Shailemo ota ti kutya shoka sha popiwa kAanafaalama ya Mangetti mOshifo sheti 21 Desemba2011 kutya Ehangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti
readYe li 94 yopoDAPP ya pewa Oonzapo mUungomba
23-12-2011
AANASIKOLA pOsikola yUungomba ya Development from People to People (DAPP) pOnambelela mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati ye li 94 nayo, kuyele nuumvo, oya monene oonzapo sho ya mana eilongo lyawo
readTerry fighting for career: press
23-12-2011
LONDON – England football captain John Terry faces the “battle of his life” after prosecutors said he would face criminal charges over claims he racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, Britain’s
readMayweather in jail for 2010 domestic attack
23-12-2011
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas judge sentenced boxer Floyd Mayweather on Wednesday to six months behind bars for a 2010 attack on the mother of his children, but half of that jail term was suspended,
readGoalkeeper sent off for kicking fan
23-12-2011
WEDNESDAY’S last-16 tie in the Dutch Cup between Ajax and AZ Alkmaar was abandoned after 38 minutes with Ajax leading 1-0 following a pitch invasion by a supporter.An Ajax fan came onto the pitch and
readFootball Fixtures
23-12-2011
Monday, December 26 English Premier League Chelsea v Fulham 15h00 Liverpool v Blackburn 17h00 Man Utd v Wigan 17h00 Sunderland v Everton
readMan City stay top for Christmas
23-12-2011
LONDON – Premier League leaders Manchester City and champions Manchester United switched attention back to the action and away from controversies surrounding racism with easy wins on Wednesday.City
readAfrican Briefs
23-12-2011
Kenyans torn between health or food NAIROBI – Rising food prices are taking a toll in East Africa on low-income people who have the virus that causes AIDS. An expert on HIV-AIDS for the World Food
readArab team prepares Syria mission after deadly assault
23-12-2011
BEIRUT – Arab League officials were due arrive in Syria yesterday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan, after activists said President Bashar al-Assad’s forces carried out the
readWorld Briefs
23-12-2011
China power plant protest escalates HONG KONG – Protests in a small town in China appear to have escalated with residents smashing cars and hurling bricks even though officials sought to calm
readHealthy two-headed baby born in Brazil
23-12-2011
A Brazilian woman has given birth to a two-headed baby boy and doctors say the newborn appears to be in good health. Maria de Nazare has decided to name the pair, who share a heart, lungs, liver and
readLeading sport deaths of the year
23-12-2011
Sir Henry Cooper Much-loved British heavyweight champion who died two days before his 77th birthday on May 1. Best known for his 1963 non-title bout with Muhammad Ali when he landed ‘Enry’s Hammer’
readSMSes for Friday 23 December 2011
23-12-2011
SMS Of The Day *CAN somebody please explain to drivers of Government vehicles (especially those transporting Ministers) that the speed limit is 60km (in towns) and 120km (on the open road) and can
readPresident Pohamba Please Stop The Rot!
23-12-2011
The Government has spent massively this year, all in the name of development and growth for the country. Sadly, it appears that most of the spending (that which is publicly known, anyway) only adds to
readFrontlining on Twitter
23-12-2011
OPUWO! Or, this is it!! Our last Twitter compi- lation of the year. Christmas greetings to y’all. Drive safely and be blessed. The Twittersphere will be back mid-January.@Tuliz: It pains me seeing big
readThe Rambler
23-12-2011
THE Rambler has been swearing and dissing all and sundry since 2008. This year he is thumping his chest while asking – who had a worse year than me? Anyone? What is your New Year’s Resolution?To
readA Quality Society Needs Demanding And Well-educated Elite
23-12-2011
IN a brilliant piece (‘The Interface between Language and Knowledge’, The Namibian, December 16, 2011), Alexactus Kaure offered what was arguably one of the most insightful analyses on the false
readIs Modern Capitalism Sustainable?
23-12-2011
CAMBRIDGE – I am often asked if the recent global financial crisis marks the beginning of the end of modern capitalism. It is a curious question, because it seems to presume that there is a viable
readCall For More Openness And Accountability
23-12-2011
THERE is nothing wrong with people taking well-deserved holidays as long as someone else is temporarily taking care of their work.However, I have a serious problem when operations come to a standstill
readPolitical Perspective
23-12-2011
2011 has not been a very good one for Namibia. Much as though I would like to be able to take a more upbeat view of the year that is passing, it would be at the expense of truthfulness, and I believe
readNotable Quotes
23-12-2011
THIS place is dying. Anyone who thinks that there can be a boom is delusional. – Commented Maltahöhe resident Henriette Engelbrecht, despite new CEO of the Maltaho”he Village Council, Eliphas
readSaving Namibia’s coast with photos
23-12-2011
STUDIO 77, The Namibian and a group of concerned individuals recently initiated a coastal photographic competition, ‘Our Coast. Your Photo’, related to environmental awareness – but awareness beyond
readOutjo murder suspects released
23-12-2011
THE two suspects questioned by Police at Outjo in connection with the murder of Laurencia Richter (35) have been released. It is suspected that Richter, whose body was found in a riverbed near the
readOranjemund, Otjinene to hold elections
23-12-2011
NEWLY proclaimed towns Oranjemund and Otjinene will have local authority elections on March 16 next year. The director of operations at the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Theo Mujoro,
readNantu, Nanso not happy with results
23-12-2011
THE Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) has expressed satisfaction with the slightly higher pass rate of Grade 10 pupils in this year’s Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) examinations.But Nantu
readKuvukiland residents living on the edge
23-12-2011
WHILE the majority of the community of Tsumeb continue with their normal lives despite the recent wave of unemployment which rocked the once prosperous northern mining town, there is a vastly
readHoff murder plot on tape - Police
23-12-2011
SUSANNE Hoff’s alleged plot to have her husband murdered was allegedly recorded by the prospective hitman, Wilbard Malima.Sosthenes Nghinamundova, the investigating officer, yesterday testified that
readEpako family left homeless after shack fire
23-12-2011
GOBABIS – A Gobabis family lost all their belongings when the shack they lived in was reduced to ashes in a fire on Tuesday night.Sheyla Karukua (26), who owned the shack in Epako’s Damara Block, told
readDagga suspect gets bail
23-12-2011
ONE of the two Keetmanshoop residents arrested for alleged possession of dagga was granted bail of N$10 000 following their third appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Wynand
readCourts record society’s savagery
23-12-2011
NEWS reports from the courts are a mirror reflecting the society we live in. To an overwhelming extent, the picture of the realities of life and crime in Namibia portrayed by court reports this year
readPolitics dominated headlines in 2011
23-12-2011
THE controversial outbursts and attacks on white people by Sport Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo, coupled with the ‘Arab Spring’ which led to the toppling of some dictators, and the return of the
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